I think that this Swine Flu hysteria has gotten way out of hand. The media's coverage of this is not proportionate to the threat (which is usually the case). Okay, I can understand wanting to be educated about the situation and being a little bit more cautious (i.e. carry pocket size hand sanitizer), but most people are just panicking and aren't making any effort to actually learn about it. C'mon, wearing medical masks to work in NYC??!
This is not another plague or pandemic. I have heard people saying some of the craziest things about this on TV and from peoples' conversations and blogs. Over excessive media coverage plus an uneducated public always equals chaos. Alright here's the facts, an outbreak of swine flu that is suspected in more than 150 deaths in Mexico has sickened some dozens of people in the United States. However, did you know that even if there are Swine Flu deaths outside Mexico (which medical experts say there very well may be), the virus would have a long way to go to match the roughly 36,000 deaths that occur each year in the U.S. from our plain old seasonal influenza. The U.S. Seasonal Flu has killed almost 13,000 people since January 2009 alone. So,my question is, if people weren't freaked out by the seasonal flu that comes every year and kills over 30,000 people, why now?
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